Lucy Maud Montgomery

Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery, is the author of the novel Anne of Green Gables. She also wrote the other books in the Anne of Green Gables series as well as over 20 additional novels and short stories. Her works feature characters with strong imaginations, determination and a love of adventure.

Lucy Maud Montgomery made Prince Edward Island (PEI) a province in Canada famous with her books about Anne of Green Gables.http://www.lmmontgomery.ca/ Though most people associate her with PEI, she did not spend her entire life there nor did she spend her entire writing life there. Lucy Maud Mongomery also lived in Toronto Ontario, and a small villiage called Norval, in Ontario, Canada. Each year a Lucy Maud Mongomery festival is held in Norval attracting visitors to visit the home she lived in and the various curiosities of her life and time in this community.http://www.lmmontgomerynorval.com/

Lucy Maud Montgomery started writing poems and journals while she was in her mid-teens. At 15, she published her first poem, On Cape Le Force . She continued with her passion for writing, publishing a number of short stories, poems and novels while working as a teacher. Montgomery also worked as a proofreader and society page editor at the Halifax Daily Echo. She wrote a column, Around the Tea Table, under the pen-name of Cynthia. Tickled Orange: Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Green Gables was published in 1908.eNotes: Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery